The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1887-12-24

-
tluence of whiskey he told the story of
his flight from Tennessee to John Jor-
ley. an Indian companion. ,Jorlev told
it to Wolf Star, and from the latter the
correspondent got it.
Houston's wife married him to please
her parents. She had been previously
engaged to young man in Nashville.
but, under parental influence, broke off
the engagement and accepted Houston's
offered marriage, and, his wife managed
to maintain outward cheerfulness for
some time. He returned home one
| night about II o'clock and his wife was
in bed and she was weeping. The hus-
| band was solicitous and the wife fretful.
He asked what caused her tears and she
gave no satisfactory answer. He i'm
portuned her, and at last she told him.
She said she was bad, wicked wom-
an; that she did not love her husband,
but loved another man; that she could
never love her husband or forget the
other man, and that her life was miser-
able. She confessed that for some time
before she had been engaged to marry
Houston she had maintained illicit rela-
tiOnS with the other man. Houston
never said word, but Immediately went
to his office, wrote his resignation as
governor, saddled horse and rode into
the wilderness. This is the mystery of
Houston's life as revealed by himself.
Houston kept a little store among
the Indians, and always had barrel on
tap. He drank all the time. In this
way he lived for a couple of years. He
finally went to Texas, where his bril-
liant career as a soldier in the Texas
war, as president of the Texas republic
and senator from the state of Texas is
well known.
Railroad Notes.
j. NJ. Hannaford, general traffic mana
ger of the Northern Pacific, who was
stricken with paralysis few weeks ago
has so far recovered as to be about again.
The Bitter Root valley railroad is now
completed from Missoula to Victor, dis
tance of forty miles. Next season it is
proposed to extend the line about sixty
miles further up the valley.
Nelson Bennett and George w. Hunt.
who had contract for building ninety
miles of road for the Oregon Pacific COM
pany, from Albany to the summit of the
Cascade mountains, have abandoned work,
paid off and discharged their men. The
contractors claim that the company is four
months behind with payments and they
can get no satisfaction relative to their
pay. 1t is understood that the company's
Indebtedness to the contractors approxi-
mates half million dollars.
A railroad paper says: The western
railway lines ccntering in Chicago will
on next Monday begin to charge for the
carriage of live stock upon the basis Of
100 pounds instead of by the car load as
has in former years been the practice.
Several months ago this topic was brought
up and discussed by representatives Of sew
eral roads at an Omaha meeting. and the
proposed change in plan seems to have
met with favor. The general adoption of
this system of charges would not be sur
prising.
The Northern Pacific railroad announces
that the rates from Pacific coast terminals
will be the same as between Montana
common points and St. Paul and Duluth.
These rates will be retroactive to the 18th
instant. This is as 1t should be. The
new western classification which goes into
effect on December 10, does not provide
for fifth class rates on packing house pro-
ducts in carload lots, but the Northern
Pacific will continue to make the rates
for fifth class apply on and after the 10Th
instant, the SAME as at present.
Pioneer Press: On January the North
ern Pacific and Manitoba roads will, by
agreement, put into effect new Ito these
roads, method of milling wheat in transit.
Heretofore these roads have hauled wheat
to he milled in transit by reserving one
sixth of the amount, that is, for instance,
hauling out $4,000 pounds of flour for
every q, 900 pounds of wheat hauled in.
After January 1, two cents above the
through rate will be invariably charged
for the milling in transit privilege; but to
be entitled to the privilege the wheat
must be destined to eastern terminals or
beyond. The same charge will also be
made to elevators for storing wheat in
transit
Regular passenger trains are now run
ming from Portland to San Francisco over
the Oregon s. California and California s.
Oregon. The opening of this allrail line
between Portland and San Francisco,
which will be known as the SHASTA route,
is of much more importance to the north
west than light at first appear. Hitherto
the sea voyage along the coast has pre-
vented a large percentage OF passengers